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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Caitlin Cassidy

NT police say officer fired gun six times at Indigenous man allegedly armed with a spear

A 19-year-old man who was allegedly armed is in hospital in a critical condition after being shot by police in the Northern Territory city of Palmerston.
A 19-year-old man who was allegedly armed with a spear is in a critical condition after being shot by police in the Northern Territory city of Palmerston. Photograph: Jonny Weeks/The Guardian

An Indigenous teenager is fighting for his life in a Darwin hospital after allegedly being shot at by a police officer six times during an incident in the Northern Territory city of Palmerston.

Two officers attended a park in the suburb of Gray about 9am on Tuesday morning where they found the man allegedly armed with a spear, NT police said.

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